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An autogiro is an aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
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When was Cierva Autogiro Company created?
Cierva Autogiro Company was created on 1926-03-24.
Who invented the autogiro?
juan de la cierva
What has the author R Brie written?
R. Brie has written: 'The autogiro and how to fly it'
Who is a Spanish inventor?
A Spanish inventor is Juan de la Cierva. He invented the autogiro. He was born in 1895 and died in 1936.
When did Amelia Earhart fly higher than any other woman pilot?
She created a women's altitude record in 1928 in a Pitcairn Autogiro.
What company did Amelia Earhart fly for?
Amelia was not, strictly speaking a Commercial pilot. she may have did promotional work for non-air outfits such as Beech-Nut gum ( autogiro flights) for many years the Heath chocolate company used an autogiro as a trade mark for their Bit-O-Honey brand and this showed candy bars coming together to form the craft"s rotors. Amelia held an autogiro height record of l8,4l5 feet which still stands- in l93l this under the sponsorship of Beech-Nut. big difference between Beech nut, and say American Airlines or United.
When did amelia earhart break the altitude record?
She hit an altitude record for an autogiro, a forerunner of a helicopter- at l8,4l5 feet, this was computed from theodolite observations from the ground.
What has the author John Liddy written?
John Liddy has written: 'The Stony Thursday book' 'Wine and hope = Vino y esperanza (El Vuelo del autogiro)' 'Song of the empty cage'
Can an auto-gyro be used as an war machine?
Anything can be used as a war machine, but the autogiro - an aircraft that combines all the disadvantages of both the helicopter and the airplane into one vehicle - isn't one you'd really want to use.
Amelia Earhart flew from what state to what state before any other woman?
Among her records: 1931: Altitude record in an autogiro * First person to fly an autogiro across the United States and back * 1932: Fastest non-stop transcontinental flight by a woman * 1933: Breaks her own transcontinental speed record * 1935: First person to fly solo across the Pacific from Hawaii to California * First person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico Breaks speed record for non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey 1937: Sets speed record for east-west crossing from Oakland to Honolulu. Refer to: http://www.answers.com/Amelia+Earhart?gwp=11&ver=2.3.0.609&method=3
Did juan de la cierva have a quote?
"It would have been virtually impossible, indeed, to have achieved any success with the idea of the Autogiro unless I had been able to calculate its basic design by mathematics before I began to build it. Success by mere experiment would been as unlikely as the successful construction of a cantilever bridge without any previous engineering experience."
What are some eight letter words with 2nd letter U and 5th letter G and 7th letter R?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern -U--G-R-. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter U and 5th letter G and 7th letter R. In alphabetical order, they are: autogiro autogyro
